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May 18, 2007

Gwynedd-Mercy 9, College of N.J. 6
2007 NCAA Tournament Regional Game Ten
Griffins score seven in the second, hold on to eliminate Lions

Box Score

BOYERTOWN, PA - Gwynedd-Mercy outslugged the College of New Jersey, 9-6, in game 10 of the 2007 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional at Bear Stadium.

The loss eliminates the Lions while the Griffins will play later tonight against Johns Hopkins with the winner advancing to tomorrow's championship series against Kean.

The Griffins exploded for a seven-run second inning using just three hits and an error. Anthony Capella (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) started the scoring with a two-run double and Tim McMenamin (Maple Shade, N.J./Maple Shade) later added a two-run single with two outs.

TCNJ got on the board later in the frame with RBI double off the bat of P.J. Anzelone. Later, Gerard Haran's two-run shot to left capped a four-run third to whittle the lead down to 7-5.

Jeff Toth led off the fourth with a homerun to left slicing the Griffin lead to just one run. After Matt Daley (Philadelphia/Roman Catholic) entered in relief on just two-days rest for starter Sean Middleton (Perkasie, Pa./Lansdale Catholic), the senior got out of a bases loaded jam in the inning getting the Lions' Matt Zodie to line into a double play.

Gwynedd looked to score again in the fifth as Ken Bengtson (Jamison, Pa,/C.B. East) had as the bases full with two outs but flied out to right

Nick DiEnno (Philadelphia/Archbishop Ryan) gave the Griffins some breathing room in the sixth with a big two-out, two-run homer to left, upping the lead to 9-6.

From there Daley, who earned the win, settled in and allowed just two baserunners the rest of the way.

NOTES: Gwynedd tied a single-season win mark set in 2001, the same year GM advanced to the NCAA Regional Finals…DiEnno connected on his third homer of the season…Daley is now 5-1 on the year.

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